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Hammond Atlas of the World: Second Edition
by HAMMOND, C. Dean; HAMMOND, Kathleen
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0843711728
- ISBN 13
- 9780843711721
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Maplewood, New Jersey: Hammond Incorporated. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0843711728 . A hefty, oversize atlas of the world. With 167 pages of full-color maps and extensive index. The colorful maps were created by cartographers utilizing modern technology including computers, allowing for exceptional readability. With over 60 inset maps showing metropolitan areas in detail, and with thematic data on maps, charts and graphs. --- In full blue cloth-covered boards with titling in silver on cover and spine. Volume measures 11 in. wide x 14.5 in. tall. Jacket features wrap-around color image of clouds hovering above the Earth. --- With slight whitish discoloration to upper front cover cloth, white spot to back cover, otherwise a clean, unmarked, tightly-bound copy. Unclipped dust jacket with creases and small tears along edges, otherwise bright and intact. (Due to the considerable weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; 312 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 82837
- Title
- Hammond Atlas of the World: Second Edition
- Author
- HAMMOND, C. Dean; HAMMOND, Kathleen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0843711728
- ISBN 13
- 9780843711721
- Publisher
- Hammond Incorporated
- Place of Publication
- Maplewood, New Jersey
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- 0843711728
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Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
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- Cloth
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- New
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- Spine
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- Folio
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- Jacket
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